r/Firefighting • u/Peaches0k Texas FF/EMT/HazMat Tech • Jan 22 '25

General Discussion Reasons For Calls

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Saw someone ask what all we do besides fire. Here’s a list the shifts add to for dumb calls. It was started a few months ago

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u/Squat_erDay FF/Paramagician Jan 22 '25

We got one at a nursing home for 88yof trapped under a refrigerator. When we got there she was still, in fact, under a refrigerator.

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u/Je_me_rends Staircase Enthusiast Jan 23 '25

Imagine just leaving someone under a fridge

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u/Squat_erDay FF/Paramagician Jan 23 '25

Right? Said their policy was to not touch anyone in distress. I believe I would have picked the fridge up and found another job.